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World's largest electric battery ship launched in Tasmania

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A milestone has been reached in the construction of the world's biggest electric ship in Tasmania with the vessel launched onto the River Derwent this morning. It is bound for South America later this year where it will ferry people and cars across the River Plate between Argentina and Uruguay.
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